- Blue n White Flycatcher
- Grey headed Flycatcher
- Japanese Paradise Flycatcher
- Sooty Flycatcher
- Asian Brown Flycatcher
- Black naped Monarch (not seen by me)
- Eastern Crowned Warbler
- Arctic Warbler
- Yellow browed Warbler
- Dusky Warbler
- Orange headed Thrush (not seen by me) Author: kmatthew Time: 26/10/2006 11:05
TPK 26/10/2006
7:45am-10:00am
A good short morning walk in TPK today with plenty of Flycatchers.
Little Egret x1
Scarlet Minivet
Grey-Throated Minivet (TPK was full of both species Minivets today)
Chesnut Bubul
Artic Warbler x2
Yellow-Browed Warbler x3
Mountain Tailorbird x1
Dark-Sided Flycatcher x3
Asian Brown Flycatcher ? (not seen very clearly, too far away with the sun from behind)
Japenese Paradise Flycatcher x1
Grey-Headed Flycatcher x2
Black-Naped Monarch x3 (all female)
Silver-Eared Mesia
Velvet-Fronted Nuthatch
Rofous-capped Babbler
Pygmy Wren Babbler x1 Heard
Blue-Winged Minla (again full of them today in TPK)
Yellow-Cheeked Tit x1
Scarlet-Backed Flowerpecker
Ashy Drongo
+ all the common local species of birds. Author: ckacheung Time: 29/10/2006 01:34
kmatthew, it"s cool.
May I know the routine you tried before ?
is it the Red Routine or Blue Routine ? Author: kmatthew Time: 30/10/2006 00:53
I only walked from the bottom (car park) to the first Picnic area (where there are those wooden figures for children) and cross the river where you go into the red from the blue. Then I just walk up to the second Picnic Area and turned back. This normally take about 1:30-2:00 hr if walking slowly and stopping for birds, and that day was really "birdy" so i stopped a lot along the way. This is a very good short walk with plenty of birds normally, especially at the bottom part of the walk when there are a few bird waves passing by. Author: kmatthew Time: 31/10/2006 14:46
Tai Po Kau
31/10/2006
8:00am - 12:00pm
A longer walk this morning with very good birds yet again. There was a lot of warblers and a few flycatchers in bird waves.
Scarlet and Grey-Throated Minivets
Black-Winged Cuckoo-Shrike
Yellow-Browed Warblers
Sulphur-Breasted Warblers (at least 2, one fully yellow and one more pale. There might be more then 2 as we saw them in diffrerent areas)
Mountain Tailorbird x2
Asian Brown Flycatcher x1
Sooty Flycatcher x1
Asian Paradise-Flycatcher x1
Grey-Headed Flycatcher x3
Rufous-Necked Scimitar Babbler x1 (heard)
Rufous-Capped Babbler
Blue-Winged Minla
Pygmy Wren-Babbler x2
Yellow-Cheeked Tit
Velvet-Fronted Nuthatch
Fire-Breasted Flowerpecker
record shots of the Sulphur-Breasted Warbler.
Author: tgraham Time: 3/11/2006 21:11
Tai Po Kau
02/11/2006
10.00-14.00
TPK is very birdy I came across three large bird waves unfortunately I failed to locate the Sulphur-breasted Warbler but then its a big forest
Grey-chinned Minivet 50
Scarlet Minivet 1
Red-whiskered Bulbul 10
Chinese Bulbul 30
Chestnut Bulbul 5
Blue Whistling Thrush 2
Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler 1
Rufus-capped Babbler 8
Red-billed Leiothrix 2
Blue -winged Minila 10
White-bellied Yuhina 2
Asian Stubtail Warbler 1
Common Tailorbird 2
Yellow-browed Warbler 15
Blyth's Leaf Warbler 2
Dark-sided Flycatcher 1
Grey-headed Flycatcher 3
Black-naped Monarch 1
Asian Paradise Flycatcher 1
Great Tit 8
Yellow-cheeked Tit 4
Velvet - fronted Nuthatch 6
Fork-tailed Sunbird 4
White-rumped Munia 1
Pgmy Wren Babbler H
Mountain Tailorbird H
HK Twitcher Author: kmike Time: 5/11/2006 01:38
The Sulphur-breasted Warbler was again seen today in both the morning and the afternoon.
Other birds seen included a Pygmy Wren babbler on the entrance road, a Pallas' Leaf Warbler by the barrier, and at least one yellow-bellied - type Blyth's Leaf Warbler.
Cheers
Mike K Author: kpokuen Time: 10/11/2006 18:09
- Grey Headed Flycatcher
- Black Naped Monarch
- Asian Brown Flycatcher
- Verditer Flycatcher
- Mugimaki Flycatcher (not seen by me)
- Lesser Shortwing (good view!)
- Rufous Tailed Robin
- Striated Yuhina
- Mountain Bulbul
- Blyth's Leaf Warbler
- Asian Stubtail Author: kpokuen Time: 25/11/2006 16:58 Subject: Tai Po Kau, Nov 25, 0730 - 1130
- Sulphur Breasted Warbler X2
- Blyth's Leaf Warbler
- Asian Brown Flycatcher
- Asian Paradise Flycatcher
- Verditer Flycatcher
- Black Naped Monarch
- Mugimaki Flycatcher
- Grey Headed Flycatcher Author: tmichael Time: 26/11/2006 22:42
This morning around 10am, near the top of the Nature Trail steps, ie just before it becomes a relatively level trail heading roughly west, I got good views over a minute or so of a Seicercus "Spectacled Warbler" , which I believe (based mainly on information in Robson's Birds of SE Asia) was Plain-tailed Warbler Seicercus soror, for which I believe there is one pending claim, backed with a photo.
I've seen quite a lot of these types over the years, but I don't recall ever seeing one that was so plain-faced as this one - from certain angles it didn't seem to have any crown stripes at all and appeared to be very greenish across the forecrown. In fact from other angles it could be seen to have two very indistinct darkish grey lateral crown stripes, very short and on the rear crown only, with a greyish area between them.
It had a complete, perfectly circular, not especially broad yellow eye-ring, and was a rather dull greenish colour on the upperparts, and similarly dull greenish yellow below. It really was a rather drab sort of bird, and when I first picked up for a second or so I thought it was some kind of babbler.
It had no wingbars, but did seem to have a single median covert (I think) on the right wing which had a small yellow tip - didn't see the same on the left.
It seemed to have a slightly longer bill than usual for one of these types, orange on the lower mandible, and orangish legs and feet (I think).
I saw no white on the tail, but it didn't open it.
Glad to hear what others think.
Mike Turnbull
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